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Family: Lycaenidae Flight Time: May - July Size: 32-38mm Altitude: 100-2000m |
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There are a large number of different 'blues' in
Europe which can seem somewhat daunting in terms of identification.
However when you watch them for a while you start to recognise a few, then
a few more and after a time you can pick out most of them. This makes it
easy to then spot a species which is a little different to the others.
This was the case with Amanda's blue. The male was a bright blue colour,
but without the chequered fringes of an Adonis, this is what first made me
look at them closely.
Top picture Mark Ogden in the Dolomites. |
